Support for spinning-spindles



(No Model.)

R. WHITE.

SUPPORT PoR SPINNING sPINDLPs.

Patented Feb. A211, 1891.

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ROLLIN IVHITFJ, OF IiOlVELL, ASSIGNOR TO IVILIJIAM F. DRAPER, OF HOPE- DALF, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUPPORT FOR sPlNNlNe-SPINDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,999, dated February 24, 1891.

Application filed May I2, 1888. Serial No. 273,745. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: being designated CX. I have shown a pack- Be it known that I, ROLLIN \VHITE, a citiing A* interposed between the said casing or zen of the United States, residing at Lowell, support and the rail. in the county of Middlesex and Common- In both modifications of my invention are 5 wealth of Massachusetts, have invented a certwo lateral bearings. 55 tain new and usefulImprovementin Supports Referring to Figs. 1 aud 2, D represents for Spinning-Spindles, of which the following one lateral bearing, it being extended into is a description. the sleeve A', the other lateral bearing C in- This invention has forits object to improve dependent of the lateral bearing D and sur- 1o that class of supports or bearings for spindles rounding` the lower extremity of the spindle. 6o of spinning-.machines which in the rotation In Fig. 1 the bearing D is acted upon and of the spindle are permitted to move lateradjusted with relation to the supporting-case ally, so that the spindle can adjust itself Vto B by the radially-arranged screws b and the the changing center of gravity caused by valateral bearing C, which is seated preferably I5 riations in the load carried by the spindle. upon a packing c in the nut C', has bearing 65 My invention consists, essentially, of a spinagainst it a series of radially-arranged springs dle having an attached sleeve, an outside supc, acted upon by adjusting-screws c, the roporting case or shell surrounded by the sleeve tation of which in one or the other direction and adapted to be mounted ona rail, a lateral makes the said springs more or less stiff, as

2o bearing for that part of the spindle within may be desired, according to the work to be 7o the whirl, an independent lateral bearingtor done by the spindle. the spindle near its lower extremity and ra- In the modification shownin Fig. 3, the latdially-arrauged adjusting-screws to adjust eral bearing which is extended wit-hin the. both said bearings laterallywith the spindle, Sleeve of the spindle is marked D, while the 2 5 combined with a series of springs arranged lateral bearing for the lower end of the spin- 75 between some of the said adjustable screws dle is marked E. This lateral bearing forms and one of the said lateral bearings to opera part of the step-bearing, and it rests in a ate substantially as will be described. block e (see Figs. 3 and 5) placed within a Figure 1 in section shows one form of my shell e', packing e being placed between the 3o improved spindle-support together with part block and shell, the shell being set within a So of a bolster-rail, the spindle being, however, casing E', resting upon the lower rail I'I, the in elevation. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the casing carrying adj usting-screws e3, which by construction shown in Fig. 1 at a point just their rotation in one or the other direction above the rail, the screws b being shown in may adj ust the shell e. The block e is'made 35 elevation. Fig. 2 is a section in the line a', in two parts secured together after the bear- 85 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial section and eleveing E has been placed therein by screws, as vation of a modified construction embodying shown in Fig. 5, the said bearing placed theremy invention. Fig. 4 is a cross-section just in loosely permitting the foot of the spindle above the rail in Fig. 3, the screws d being to tip a little, as may be desired. The two 4o shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is a top view of parts of the block are hollowed out to loosely 9o the supporting-block e. embrace the spherical portion of the bear- A represents a spindle, which may be of ing, as best shown in Fig. 3. The lateral usual form, it having a sleeve to surround the bearing D is acted upon by radially-arranged outer easing or shell B, the said sleeve in Fig. spiral springs d', made adjustable by means 45 1 having attached to it awhirl A, but in of screws d. The tubular lateral bearing E 95 the modification Fig. 3 the whirl marked A3 contains a small step piece or washer 30, on is connected to the spindle. The stationary which the lower end of the spindle rests its outer casing or supportB is extended through weight, the step-piece bearing with its cona hole in the rail B, and is held in place in veX lower end on the block e.

5o Fig. 1 by a nut C', the nut shown in Fig. 3 I claimroo The spindle havingT an attached sleeve, au Series 01": springs arranged between Some of 1o outside supporting1 ease or shell surrounded the said adjustable screws and one of the said by the sleeve and adapted to be mounted on lateral bearings, to operate substantially as a rail, a lateral bearing' for that part of the described.

5 spindle within the sleeve, aud an independ- Y T Y r x 1 ent lateral bearing for the spindle near its LOLLD UML' lower extremity, and radially-arranged ad- Vtnesses: justing-screws to adjust both said bearings E. L. \VHITE, laterally with the spindle, combined with a HERBERT R. W'HITE. 

